You're clearly not the type who would walk into a supermarket to buymilk and come out with half the store's stock of random other stuff instead ..
Yes...and I have noticed how the milk is at the back of the supermarkets...and while I can understand the market tactics, I do go there directly and don't spend time on what's at the front...probably I am an adman/marketing person's nightmare customer. But I do know several people who really enjoy the browsing, and trying out of new stuff and brands.
Oh, yes, and I realize that Indian stores pick up these selling tactics really fast...but just try returning some bad produce or products and one can see the difference! They hem and haw at you and make it SO difficult. The one thing that I still see that's better in Indian supermarkets is that the clerks at the counter are much smarter...they can add even if the calculator doesn't work!
And in point of fact, since I have the time to spare, I go to my neighbourhood Rajasthani-run kirana shop, look at the various varieties of dal etc and make my choice...the shop doesn't have door delivery as they say, that would only be added to the cost of the groceries. I know the guys there, and they know me, and I get the best quality possible and excellent VFM. They give me the same flexibility and "returnability" that Metro (the Sam's Club of Bangalore) allegedly gives me, without my having to buy a thousand rupees' worth at one go, and having to stock industrial quantities in a small apartment
I much prefer not having door delivery where I often find that stuff nearing, or past, its expiry date has been sent over, or "by mistake" there has been a slight (always upward) difference in the amounts to be paid....
My kind of buying, however, takes the kind of time and effort which working people often don't have, so to each hes (his/her) own way...
It's not often that Silk has topics that relate directly to my everyday life, so my two bits have become twenty bits!
Yes...and I have noticed how the milk is at the back of the supermarkets...and while I can understand the market tactics, I do go there directly and don't spend time on what's at the front...probably I am an adman/marketing person's nightmare customer. But I do know several people who really enjoy the browsing, and trying out of new stuff and brands.
Oh, yes, and I realize that Indian stores pick up these selling tactics really fast...but just try returning some bad produce or products and one can see the difference! They hem and haw at you and make it SO difficult. The one thing that I still see that's better in Indian supermarkets is that the clerks at the counter are much smarter...they can add even if the calculator doesn't work!
And in point of fact, since I have the time to spare, I go to my neighbourhood Rajasthani-run kirana shop, look at the various varieties of dal etc and make my choice...the shop doesn't have door delivery as they say, that would only be added to the cost of the groceries. I know the guys there, and they know me, and I get the best quality possible and excellent VFM. They give me the same flexibility and "returnability" that Metro (the Sam's Club of Bangalore) allegedly gives me, without my having to buy a thousand rupees' worth at one go, and having to stock industrial quantities in a small apartment
I much prefer not having door delivery where I often find that stuff nearing, or past, its expiry date has been sent over, or "by mistake" there has been a slight (always upward) difference in the amounts to be paid....
My kind of buying, however, takes the kind of time and effort which working people often don't have, so to each hes (his/her) own way...
It's not often that Silk has topics that relate directly to my everyday life, so my two bits have become twenty bits!
